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MG MGB Technical - Suppliers of Cam Shaft Bearings?


Does anyone know where I can get three sets of the following brands of camshaft bearings for an MGB block?

Dura-bond or Federal Mogul ONLY !!!

As these are single peice bearings that don't require reaming.

MGOC cam bearings are from County and are manufactured in India

Moss UK bearings are split type bearings which I understand require expensive reaming.

Much appreciated if you can help.

Mark
Mark Hester

Mark,

You could check with Anton at APT in California USA to see what he currently has. The web is: http://www.aptfast.com/

Here is what he says on his site about bearings:


Rod bearings, main bearings, thrust washers, cam bearings, small end bushes for all BMC, BL Austin Rover B-Series engines. We endeavor to supply only Vandervell bearings in the VP2 high performance Tri-metal type bearings, but in some cases this is becoming more and more difficult.
The next grade of material is type: VP19, not as good as VP2 for racing use, but perfectly acceptable for most other applications.

Engine Bearing Update

At the present moment the bearing situation is a nightmare!
One company, Dana Corp, owns most of the major engine bearing manufacturers.
These include, Glacier, Vandervell, AE, Cleveite, all of which are being shipped in AE boxes.
Some bearings are still available in the tri-metal VP2 type of bearing, these are the Vandervell bearings, however, just because you have a 'box' of Vandervell bearings does not mean that you have VP2!

APT has been buying old stock wherever possible, but this is coming to an end.
So we will supply the best bearings where we can, and this will probably be in the following order of choices:
Federal Mogul/Vandervell, AE, Cleveite, Glacier
The first choice then is the bearings with an Indium overlay, the next is what are commonly called Lead/Bronze or Lead/Copper, lastly the "A" or "SA" material which is what is normally used in all OEM engines, mostly because they are slightly cheaper to make, and they deal with dirty oil better.
C R Huff

Mark
There are always the Aussie made ACL bearings,
Pre finished and ready to go

ACL Part No. 3C4306

Willy
WilliamRevit

This thread was discussed between 01/09/2010 and 06/09/2010

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